German distributor AV Visionen has solicited the basics for a new pickup with Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi this year. The release date is a bit undetermined at the moment as the DVD says May 27th while the Blu-ray says no date has been set yet. The releases are both for the complete series with multiple discs to contain them all. Worth noting is that it’s gett a Blu-ray release, something we haven’t seen on the North American side for this series originally released years ago by ADV Films.
Aesir Holdings last released this in North America back in 2012 and you can read our review of it here.
Plot concept: Arumi and Sasshi seem to be normal, twelve-year-old kids living in Osaka, but things are not what they seem. Suddenly, Arumi and Sasshi find themselves in a world like their own… only not! As they try to fight their way back to the real world, they’ll face menacing mushrooms, big-breasted space pirates, killer kung-fu fighters, a tripped-out transvestite, and a sorcerer who seems to be in a mid-life crisis. And that’s just the beginning. They say there’s no place like home, but this ain’t exactly Oz, and it sure as heck ain’t Kansas! So, hold on to your hats and get ready for one wildly wacky, frenetically funny ride as reality takes an extended vacation in the madcap, spaced-out world of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.
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